Day: October 20, 2008

This fascinating book is a cultural history of food. It’s really different from any other food history book I have read, in that it’s about the intertwining of food, human culture, and history. Rather than writing just about the domestication of livestock or just about the changing demographics of cities, for example, the author talked […]

To vote, that is. Well, are you? Today is the deadline to register to vote in California, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about voter registration, and one of the ways in which you might be prevented from voting. As I hope most of you are aware, county clerks routinely […]